About the job Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Dubai, UAE
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will own and evolve the backend data platform that powers analytics and reporting across the business. You'll design and operate ETL/ELT pipelines, engineer SQL Server environments, orchestrate workflows, model data for analytics, and enforce governance and CI/CD standards. This is a hands-on engineering role with high ownership, technical depth, and direct business impact.
Key Responsibilities:
Data Platform & Engineering
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Own the data engineering backlog and deliver scalable data solutions.
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Build and maintain Airflow DAGs for ingestion, transformation, and data quality.
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Develop production-grade T-SQL with strong performance tuning.
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Administer SQL Server: security, indexing, backup/restore, job scheduling.
Data Modeling & Automation
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Design star/snowflake models, SCDs, and conformed dimensions.
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Automate workflows using Python and Power Automate.
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Implement RBAC, data validation tests, freshness/quality checks.
Delivery & Collaboration
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Enforce GitHub workflows (branching, PRs, code reviews) and CI/CD pipelines.
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Maintain documentation, release notes, and deployment runbooks.
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Partner with stakeholders and coach BI developers/analysts on modeling and SQL best practices.
Technical Requirements:
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Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field.
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8+ years in data engineering with strong backend focus.
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Expert T-SQL and SQL Server performance/DBA skills.
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Hands-on Airflow and Python experience.
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Strong data modeling (star/snowflake, SCDs) and governance foundations.
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Experience with GitHub and CI/CD.
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Forex/CFD or online trading domain experience is required.
Person Specification:
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Strong communication skills and ability to simplify technical concepts.
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Analytical, detail-oriented, and quality-driven.
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Proactive, ownership-focused, and comfortable working independently.
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Collaborative team player with mentoring experience.
If youre passionate about building reliable, scalable data platforms in a high-impact environment, then APPLY NOW!